Simaba cedron
Simaba cedron
Safety & Hazards
The intensely bitter seeds are poisonous - more than 1.5 - 2 grams, administered in a single dose, can lead to death[ 517 Title Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported Vol. 49 Publication USDA Bureau of Plant Industry Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher USDA; Washington Year 1921 ISBN Description Details of seeds and plants imported for trials by the United States Department of Agriculture in the last quarter of 1916, often detailing the uses of the plant and various other miscellaneous information. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].
Botanical Description
Cedron is a semideciduous shrub or small tree with an elongated, sparse crown; usually growing 4 - 7 metres tall, but with occasional specimens up to 15 metres. The grooved bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The plant has a high reputation in Central America as a treatment against fevers and snake bites[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ]. It also produces an edible fruit, though reports on its quality vary. Usually gathered from the wild, the plant is sometimes cultivated as a medicinal plant in Central America, and the seed traded for this purpose[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ].